MCZ|Daigo Umehara (Ryu) and Bonchan (Sagat) squared off in first to seven Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 set a little ways back as part of the Taito Station 20th anniversary event. Unfortunately, the stream quality was fairly low, but the Taito Station folks have uploaded the clip in very nice quality now on to YouTube for your viewing pleasure.

These are two very high level players going back and forth, and it's a nice preview of what people will be in for when Daigo hits CEO in two weeks.

fujdhfaodjfldskfjdao wow! that was flipping sick!!!!! i must say imo ssf4 aev12 is the best fighting game ever made... watching this made me miss the game so much i havent touched it since sfxt as i felt i needed something new but watching this reminds me, this game is sick! some crazy moments in this match i see daigo up gears a few times and then vice versa! daigo looks ready cant wait for evo and ceo

I used to find the Dhalsim V Ryu matchup boring until I realized there was a large amount of knowledge going into the match. Much like this one. Some people may find it boring, but when you really understand what's going on behind "just" the fireballs, you'll realize it's something more complex.

On another note, the commentary sounds like it's being done by Nuki x Kokujin, am I the only one who thinks so?

My friend says fireballs are "cheap". He also says combos, anti-airs, footsies, timed games, games less than best of 7 rounds, and anything that's not constantly jumping in and pressing random normals are cheap. Don't identify yourself as that kind of scrub by complaining about fireballs.

In AE 2012, Daigo has been missing the solar plexus link A LOTlately (even vs Mago in Topanga League) that damage always adds up in a round, and his max damage output amongst other things is what makes him a beast...those errors might work against him in CEO/EVO

I found it really awesome how bonchan would Focus cancel > throw/cr.strong into tiger knee vs ryu cr. forward quite a few times. Though on the flip side of him doing that if diago DIDN'T throw out cr. forward then that would somewhat force bonchan to back dash putting him closer to the corner. Who cares about "fireball spam". Do what it takes to win.